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Call to action, anybody?

wolk_off wrote in learn_russian Oct 03, 2024 12:44

Dear community members,

anybody still here, nearly 8 years after the final post? Shall I freeze this community and call it quits? (Hate to leave things hanging in midair when they are obviously of no use anymore.)

Using the suffixes ичный vs. ический

upthera44 wrote in learn_russian Jun 25, 2017 22:39

Hi again all ( Read more... )

угадать vs. догадаться

upthera44 wrote in learn_russian Jun 21, 2017 10:38

There seem to be some subtle differences between the verbs угадать and догадаться. Both in English, I think, would be translated as 'to guess.' Can you explain some of the differences between them and give examples of situations in which to use each?

Gender of adjectives with ambiguous nouns

upthera44 wrote in learn_russian Jun 15, 2017 12:48

This is something I should know, but have forgotten apparently. When you have a situation where the word is grammatically masculine, but you are describing a woman, isn't the adjective feminine? For example ( Read more... )

заплатить по карте / картой / карточкой

upthera44 wrote in learn_russian May 23, 2017 23:08

After many years of trips to Russia, this year I've noticed that almost everyone is saying платить по карте, although I do not remember almost ever hearing it before. In the past I recall hearing almost always some variant of the instrumental case: заплатить картой, заплатить карточкой, заплатить кредитной картой... Is 'по карте' a new thing? Any ( Read more... )

"Не до сна"

wolfie_18 wrote in learn_russian Oct 07, 2016 16:09

What does that mean exactly? Listening to the song Весенее танго by Sergey and Tatyana Nikitin(a ( Read more... )

Russian Dictionary Apps

wolfie_18 wrote in learn_russian Sep 29, 2016 17:08

Hi everyone! I'm sure this has been asked before, but what apps do you recommend for a Russian-English dictionary? I love Multitran and how detailed it is, as well as ABBY Lingvo (when it was still alive...) but I can't seem to find an app from them so I can pull this information easily from my phone. Help? Спасибо заранее!